Arm AI Platform Drives the AI Revolution and Redefines Device Capabilities
The Arm AI Platform (formerly Project Trillium) is the only complete, heterogenous compute platform that includes the well-established Arm Cortex CPUs, Mali GPUs, Ethos NPUs, and microNPUs to deliver advanced machine learning use cases.
Together with a thriving design and development ecosystem, Arm has extended its reach from smartphone CPU design and application development to supporting diverse edge and IoT endpoint AI applications and their specific requirements everywhere they need to run.
Designed for unmatched versatility and scalability, Arm AI enables a new era of ultra-efficient machine learning inference, delivering scalable AI and neural network functionality at any point on the performance curve.
Features and Benefits
Provides flexible support for ML workloads across all programmable Arm IP.
Allows seamless integration with existing NN frameworks, such as TensorFlow, Caffe, and Android NN.
Supported by a vibrant and diverse ecosystem, driving innovation and choice.
Extending AI Platform
Ethos NPUs deliver the highest throughput and efficiency in the lowest area for ML inference from cloud to edge to endpoint.
Ethos-N78
This highly scalable and efficient second-generation ML inference processor delivers increased performance and extended configurability for new immersive applications.
Ethos-N77
This high-efficiency and high-performance ML inference processor delivers innovative applications for a wide array of market segments, including mobile, IoT, embedded, automotive, and infrastructure.
Ethos-N57
Optimized for the most cost- and power-sensitive designs, Ethos-N57 delivers premium AI experiences in mainstream phones and digital TVs.
Ethos-N37
Optimized for the most cost and battery-life sensitive designs, Ethos-N37 delivers premium AI experiences in entry phones, digital TVs, and other endpoint devices.
Ethos-U65
The latest microNPU ushering in new Machine Learning use cases across the world’s most ubiquitous processor platform.
Ethos-U55
This high-performance and efficient NPU enables innovative AI applications for Cortex-M based embedded systems.
Where Innovation and Ideas Come to Life
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Amiko AI-Powered Sensors
Amiko develops AI-powered sensors as add-ons to standard inhalers that help asthma treatment. These smart sensors must be low-powered, scalable, and cost-efficient to work with a patient-facing app on a connected platform.
Corti Orb Helps Identify Critical Conditions in Real Time
Corti’s Orb is an edge device engineered to run complex ML models that can detect critical illness in real time. A user-friendly, plug-and-play device, the Orb assists 911 operators in diagnosing and triaging patients more quickly and more accurately in emergency situations.
Explore More Options and Features
Cortex-A CPU
The Cortex-A processor series is designed for complex compute tasks, such as hosting a rich operating system platform and supporting multiple software applications.
Mali GPU
Including both graphics and GPU Compute technology, Mali GPUs offer a diverse selection of scalable solutions for low-power to high-performance smartphones, tablets, and DTVs.
Ethos Processors
The Arm Ethos processor series delivers the highest throughput and efficiency in the lowest area for Machine Learning inference from cloud to edge to endpoint.
Cortex-M
The Cortex-M processor family is Arm's smallest and lowest power suite of CPUs, providing area and energy efficiency for demanding industrial applications. Cortex-M based processors are at the heart of the sensor hub, delivering advanced signal-processing capabilities to support smart manufacturing.
Neoverse
Delivering world-class performance, security, and scalability to support the diverse compute requirements of next-generation infrastructure, from hyperscale to edge access.
A Foundation of Silicon Success
Arm-based chips, device architectures, and technologies orchestrate the performance of everything that makes modern life possible — from smartphones to agricultural sensors and from medical instruments to servers.
Arm NN
Arm NN bridges the gap between existing NN frameworks and the underlying IP. It supports the efficient translation of existing neural network frameworks, such as TensorFlow and Caffe, allowing them to run efficiently – without modification – across Arm Cortex-A CPUs, and Arm Mali GPUs and the Ethos-N NPUs.
Arm Compute Library
This software library is a collection of optimized low-level functions for Arm Cortex-A CPUs and Arm Mali GPUs that target popular image processing, computer vision, and ML. It offers significant performance uplift over OSS alternatives and is available free of charge under a permissive MIT open source license.
CMSIS-NN
A collection of efficient neural network kernels developed to maximize the performance and minimize the memory footprint of neural networks on Cortex-M processor cores.
DynamIQ
Combines big and LITTLE CPUs into a single, fully integrated cluster, bringing benefits in power and performance for everything from mobile devices to infrastructure.
Open Source Accelerates Adoption of ML
To support the Machine Intelligence Initiative by Linaro, Arm has donated Arm NN, our open-source network machine learning (ML) software. We believe that open source collaboration with Linaro and other ecosystem partners helps reduce fragmentation and minimizes duplication of efforts. Through this initiative, SoC and NN vendors can continue to differentiate with their key competitive advantage. Learn more about the Linaro Machine Learning Initiative in this video.
AI Platform Resources
Everything you need to know to make the right decision for your project. Includes technical documentation, industry insights, and where to go for expert advice.
- Product Brief: Compare Ethos-N Processor
- AI at the Edge: A GigaOm Research Report
- Living on the Edge: Why On-Device ML is Here to Stay
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